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Entries for archive: 2007-04
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Planet Andrews?
So there is a new planet, for Geeky Andrew's in New Zealand.
I didn't create it, Brenda did. Not sure why, but I think she snapped under the social pressure that is Andrew.
Oh, and I like the design too. Simple and very Red.
Labels: planet-andrew, planet-geek
Inserted: 2007-04-30 20:50 (3 years, 4 months ago)
Daylight Savings Extended
By a massive 3 weeks!
I always thought NZ summers were short - and not just 'coz of the weather!
Article at Stuff: Daylight saving extended by three weeks.
I'm glad it came forward a week, but putting the end of summer back by 2 weeks is great. Now, instead of artificially cutting the summer short - especially because it's still nice in March - we get the daylight for as long as possible.
Am happy with that!
P.S. My speaker system keeps on putting the volume up and down whenever it likes. Maybe I have a poltergeist.
Inserted: 2007-04-30 20:21 (3 years, 4 months ago)
Just Saying Hello
Thought I'd post to say hi and let you all know I'm not a missing person!
Things have been busy as usual. In short:
- Zaapt has had a lot of Account Admin done recently
- I'm putting some finishing touches to a small part of KiwiWriters
- I've developed another site (but not sure if it's going to be used)
This weekend, I shall be mostly eating chickens. Oh er, I mean, I shall be tieing up loose ends in blogs for Zaapt.
Labels: zaapt, kiwi-writers, planet-geek, fast-show
Inserted: 2007-04-28 13:50 (3 years, 4 months ago)
Got my Car Towed, didn't I?
The thing is, it wasn't blatently clear, though of course, when I looked after, it is!
D'oH!
Anyway, the real question is, how the hell do I know that it hasn't been nicked? I mean, there's no note, nothing saying "Hey, dude, we've got your car, huh, huhuh, huhuhuh!" No phone number to call.
Not like you can call the fuzz and say "So erm, I'd like to report a stolen car, unless it's been towed. Can you find out for me, oh gowan, please!"
So I guess I'll get a letter in the post in a week or so, so instead I'll call some towing places around Welly. It's a bit shitty actually and I have no idea how much it'll cost me. Wish my car was crap so I could say "Just keep it, it's yours!"
I want my dragster back (those of you who have actually seen the car understand what I mean by that - it's one hot metal machine I can tell you).
Anyone had their car towed before, or know what to do? I have no idea.
Update: 2007-04-23 09:54 - So it got towed to Barnett St by Te Papa. Looks like I can just go pick it up (with a fine attached to it). I asked Wellington City Council, who put me through to ParkWise. I can't find an outside number for them though. Wish I'd have known all this last night. It sucks big time.
Update: 2007-04-23 14:16 - Got the car back. $110 it'll cost me. But that's only $40 for the fine, a dastardly $70 for the tow around the corner. I'm in the wrong job :-)
Inserted: 2007-04-22 23:01 (3 years, 4 months ago)
Life is Busy
For whatever reason (and there are a few), life has become somewhat busy. It's not like at the start of this year, when it was manically busy - instead, it's a good type of busy.
It seems that I have to juggle quite a few things at the moment, both $work and !$work. Instead of settling into one big project, or even two, I have a number of things on the go.
I'm not telling about $work though.
Instead, here's some things I've been juggling at home. I seem to be hitting KiwiWriters every now and again. I did a three-week stint up until a week ago, but it seems that there is always more to do. I'm trying to give it my due attention, but at the same time, sometimes I feel it's a lot of work for a smallish site. It will get bigger though - promise.
I have also been hacking Zaapt a lot, in fact, quite a lot this week. I also have more interest in it but this time I think it'll go a bit further than the nibbles I've already had and a site will appear sometime soon - watch this space.
My plan for Zaapt now is to get a v0.1 out there, but that is still about one or two months away (let's say three for good measure). It' not that it can't be used already - oh no, most of the content management stuff is ready. It's moreso the administration side of things which have been shouting for more user attention instead of me hacking the database.
In the near future, I have plans to implement two new sites and further down the line, another site for a friend of mine. She obviously thinks I'm slacking, or at least, not developing it. As it turns out, it'll be using pretty much everything Zaapt has to offer, so hopefully all this work will pay off.
Anyway, nice to check in witchyer! Laters.
Labels: zaapt, kiwi-writers, planet-geek
Inserted: 2007-04-16 23:11 (3 years, 4 months ago)
The WTFPL
Just found a new type of Public License... :-)
Here it is: The WTFPL.
I would say Caution: Swearing but it's pretty obvious what word it is from the title.
Now, I wonder what I have of mine that I can publish under The WTFPL.
Inserted: 2007-04-15 11:46 (3 years, 4 months ago)
New Writing Section
You know, I'm not really a writer, but I do enjoy doing it - that's all that matters right. And the fun of reading it too.
In honour of fun and nothing more (and nothing less), I present a new writing section on this site. In all honestly, I don't expect much in the way of hey, that was great, you should be an author but more in the way of haha, you're such a fool, that was only just slightly funny, but thanks anyway.
Anyway, to kick off the new section, I have added The Time Riders which is a Choose your own Adventure. It's only very small and won't take long to read so please, let me know if you enjoyed it (but please read the intro first so you know under what conditions it was written under - see there, that was my excuse).
Finally, the best part about it though is that all writing that appears on this website under the writing section, will be licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported. See the writing index page for more details.
Just as a thought, if you read a Choose your own Adventure and then under the ShareAlike part of the license, then you'd be doing a Make your own Adventure.
But what if you did that to more than one story...
...Mashup your own Adventure :-)
Labels: kiwi-writers, planet-geek, short-story, writing
Inserted: 2007-04-10 00:49 (3 years, 4 months ago)
Finished KiwiWriters Easter Challenge
After 3 days of hard work, I've completed the 6,000 words required for the KiwiWriters Easter Challenge.
And here is my winner's banner to prove it:
My next problem however, is that I have only written 11 scenes out of 15 I so still have four more scenes to go. I knew I had 15 to write and thought I'd hit around 7,500 words but it looks like it'll be more like 8,000 words in total.
I've promised that I will edit this story, but watch out for a full (unedited) posting here in the next few days.
Take a look at the Easter Challenge if you think you might want to try it next year or for any of the other challenges we have going over at KiwiWriters.
Labels: easter-challenge, kiwi-writers, planet-geek, short-story
Inserted: 2007-04-09 00:28 (3 years, 4 months ago)
Quick Update
I know I've been away for a short while, but here's a quick update.
I am participating in the Easter Challenge on KiwiWriters. It says to write a 6,000 word short story over the long weekend. I have a slightly different plan which will entail 7,500 words. More next week. Oh wait, here's my participation icon:
I've been watching the first season of Scrubs. Dr Cox is Oarsum and Elliott is just, like, amazing (and then I found out that she was the 2nd Becky in Roseanne and I liked her even more)!
Also watched Shaun of the Dead this week too. Funniest film I've seen in a long time.
This blog (or parts thereof) is now being syndicated on http://planet.geek.nz/ and http://planet.nztech.org/.
Finally, there will be some big news over at KiwiWriters today (can't mention it yet)...so look out!
Labels: random, nz-tech, planet-geek
Inserted: 2007-04-05 13:23 (3 years, 5 months ago)